The Oreshnik rocket or the Kedr rocket is a prototype
According to Ukrainian intelligence, we are talking about prototypes – probably two.
The missile that Russia used to strike the city of Dnepr is experimental. The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Kirill Budanov, said this during the discussion “Genocidal practices of the Russian Federation in Ukraine.”
“Yesterday, the Russian dictator openly and publicly stated that the Oreshnik missile was used, that’s what he called it. “Oreshnik” is the name of the research work. This is just a screen for it, the system itself is called “Kedr,” he noted . At the same time, he added that we are talking about a medium-range ballistic missile, a carrier of nuclear weapons.
Budanov noted that the fact that the Russians used the missile in its non-nuclear version is…